Survey of London Monograph 4, the Great House, Leyton

An account of the Great House, built in the early years of the eighteenth century by Sir Fisher Tench.

Citation:

Edwin Gunn, Survey of London Monograph 4, the Great House, Leyton ( London, 1903), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk4 [accessed 22 November 2024].

Title	Page(s)
Survey Committee	3-4
Preface	5
List of illustrations	7
Introductory note on the public duty of preserving the Great House	9-10
The Great House, Leyton	11-22
Index	23-24
Bibliography	25
Plate 1: Conjectural view of the house as in 1720	1
Plate 2: Basement plan	2
Plate 3: Ground floor plan	3
Plate 4: First floor plan	4
Plate 5: Attic plan	5
Plate 6: North-west elevation, entrance front	6
Plate 7: South-east elevation to garden	7
Plate 8: View of entrance front	8
Plate 9: Vases on parapet of roof, entrance front	9
Plate 10: Exterior details	10
Plate 11: Exterior details	11
Plate 12: Sections through house	12
Plate 13: Details of Hall and landing	13
Plate 14: Details of stairs	14
Plate 15: Carved spandrils and corbel of stairs in Hall	15
Plate 16: Details of stairs, first floor	16
Plate 17: Details of oak-panelled room	17
Plate 18: Details of south parlour	18
Plate 19: Chimney piece in first floor room	19
Plate 20: Hall and staircase	20
Plate 21: Stable building	21
Plate 22: Tomb of Sir Fisher and Lady Tench	22
Plate 23: Arms of Tench, Fisher and Oliver	23
Plate 24: Staircase and landing on first floor	24
Plate 25: Entrance front and stables in 1902	25

Survey of London Monograph 4, the Great House, Leyton

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